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Why shouldn’t I use comic sans?

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:59:57 +0000

Why shouldn’t I use comic sans?

Photo

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:15:11 +0000

Bloomberg Urges Obama to Take Action on Gun Control

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:52:31 +0000

Bloomberg Urges Obama to Take Action on Gun Control:

parislemon:

Raymond Hernandez for The New York Times covering NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s call for President Obama to do something about gun control in this country. Speaking to Peter King, a Republican Representative from New York (and the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee):

But Mr. King said he doubted that the shootings in Connecticut would alter the gun debate in Congress, saying that outside the Northeast a gun culture exists that is resistant to any kind of firearms regulation. “I hope I am wrong,” he said, “but I don’t think it will have a major impact on the debate in Congress. We’ve had a number of gun tragedies in recent years without any action being taken.”

A senior aide to a top Democrat in Congress echoed that sentiment, saying he was doubtful that there would be enough votes, even now, for passage of a ban on assault weapons.

Serious question: how many people have to die in the next inevitable tragedy before something actually gets done? Apparently, 27 — including 20 children — isn’t enough. So what will it take? 50? 100?

The pathetic reality is twofold. First, of course, there shouldn’t have to be a number — but at some point, with a high enough number, the political fall-out would be too great if something isn’t done. Second, I’m afraid that number is far higher than even 100 — and make no mistake, we will see a tragedy of that magnitude in our lifetimes. Probably sooner than any of us would like to acknowledge.

If a foreign terrorist killed 26 people in this country, we would invade their country in a heartbeat with few questions asked. When a domestic lunatic kills 26 people with little effort enabled in large part by our own laws dating back 200+ years, we do nothing. And we’ll keep doing nothing.

Still bothered. Wonder how long before this all just ‘blows over’, and why I feel this need to tell Americans what to do.

"[Autonomy] looked like a lot of vaporware wrapped up in fancy Cambridge talk and the kind of..."

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:05:39 +0000

“[Autonomy] looked like a lot of vaporware wrapped up in fancy Cambridge talk and the kind of accounting tricks managers have engaged in since the dawn of publicly traded stock.”

- Daniel Fisher

parislemon: “Go ask the mirror why you watch it. I don’t give a...

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:11:56 +0000

parislemon:

“Go ask the mirror why you watch it. I don’t give a shit.”

Why doesn’t MTV play music videos?

How do patterns of political donations by organisation change...

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 12:56:19 +0000

How do patterns of political donations by organisation change over time?

geekdata:

Happy day after election day! It’s finally over!

But not so fast! I know there’s a wealth of election statistics out there, but rather than reposting something that displays info you already know, here’s something that is hopefully new.

It is a video that is beautiful and oddly relaxing, especially given its somewhat slimy subject matter: political contributions over time and organized by organization/business.

Unforgivable, really. 350m of Facebook’s 800m MAUs connect...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:06:34 +0000

Unforgivable, really. 350m of Facebook’s 800m MAUs connect through mobile, and a third of their traffic is mobile

So this is a gross waste of money. It’s not like they aren’t aware. Whoever is behind this is aware, but just doesn’t care. Amazon should sack them.

Second Sync: Twitter reaction to BBC Panorama Savile investigation

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:52:09 +0100

Second Sync: Twitter reaction to BBC Panorama Savile investigation:

secondsync:

Last night’s Panorama Special covered the Jimmy Savile child abuse scandal and the events surrounding the dropping of a Newsnight investigation into the matter.

The investigation was of course shocking in what it revealed about the scale of the abuse and covered in detail the events surrounding…

Twitter not only for light entertainment TV

izmia: Idea of the Day: Birds On Twitter - Günün Fikri: Kuşlar...

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:04:32 +0100

izmia:

Idea of the Day: Birds On Twitter - Günün Fikri: Kuşlar Twitter da.

Everyone has the right to be heard - that is the main principle of Ir, weekly magazine from Latvia. That´s why we have fixed the biggest internet injustice of all times and gave Twitter back to original twitterers, the birds!

Birds on Twitter in Latvia

"For the first time in the history of media, those that are able to consume the media are also able..."

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 18:01:52 +0100

“For the first time in the history of media, those that are able to consume the media are also able to create it.”

- Seth Godin, apparently reposting thoughts from the early nineties (and it should be “who are able”, not “that are able”, I suspect.)

The world rarely fails to amaze and disappoint

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 05:33:21 +0100

The world rarely fails to amaze and disappoint

The Costs

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 06:14:34 +0100

The Costs:

parislemon:

Marco Arment, reacting to Andy Ihnatko’s thoughts that the consumers lose as a result of Apple’s win over Samsung:

What’s really going to disrupt the iPhone is going to be something completely different, not something that tries so hard to clone the iPhone that it hits Apple’s patents.

Unoriginal manufacturers will need to pay for their unoriginality. The most reasonable course of action, therefore, is to truly innovate and design products that aren’t such close copies.

I fail to see how consumers lose.

I completely agree that what will end the iPhone’s run is something totally different, not a copycat. Maybe Apple will make that product, or maybe someone else will. This case does nothing to stop that. It simply stops people from copying the current iPhone.

What does worry me about this lawsuit is that it’s going to lead to many more. And it makes patents even more important, and as such, more valuable. That could end up hurting many companies, both large and small. And it could distract from innovation because everyone will be so preoccupied with filing patents, looking for ones that they might be infringing upon, or in court.

sharpless: herpaderpadurr: martininamerica: What the...

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 05:33:16 +0100

sharpless:

herpaderpadurr:

martininamerica:

What the shit.

What the fuck?

I literally cannot believe that this is something that exists.

Branded content fail?

merlin: LEAKED Official Apple iPhone 5 Promo Video - Keynote...

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 05:29:05 +0100

merlin:

LEAKED Official Apple iPhone 5 Promo Video - Keynote 2012

This will help a lot of people.

[via]

Is it bad that I thought about including this in a training session?

dashperiod: This is so beautiful and shows so many skills! A...

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 06:06:35 +0100

dashperiod:

This is so beautiful and shows so many skills! A tree crafted by taking out paper out of a Mc Donalds bag. Great skills by New York based artist Yuke Teruya

This might just be the antidote to all those motivational Paolo...

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 05:55:26 +0100

This might just be the antidote to all those motivational Paolo Coelho-assed pictures that appear in my stream. How is it that the hippie movement was reduced to some sub-LOLcat photo meme?

Muppetdog

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 05:57:28 +0100

Muppetdog

Facebook SDK 3.0 for iOS

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 05:33:29 +0100

Facebook SDK 3.0 for iOS:

parislemon:

Objective-C-heavy SDK for iOS is ready to go. Probably safe to assume the Objective-C-heavy iOS app won’t be too far behind.

Or maybe they hold it for the Apple event next month? “And here to show off what developers can do with the new screen real estate, the most popular app in the world: Facebook!” Pure speculation.

Facebook iOS SDK ready? Gladiators ready?

Spookily beautiful skellington collages of weaponry and...

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 05:22:26 +0100

Spookily beautiful skellington collages of weaponry and ordnance.

How to Write a Malcolm Gladwell Book | The Weinerworks

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 07:25:00 +0100

How to Write a Malcolm Gladwell Book | The Weinerworks:

donschaffner:

Have you ever wanted to make millions by putting words on paper? Are you not terribly interested in research or footnotes? You could be the next Gladwell if you follow these steps.

This pretty much sums up Gladwell.